Caroline Kennedy to testify on ambassadorship nod

WASHINGTON — Former first daughter Caroline Kennedy is preparing to testify before a Senate panel weighing her nomination to be U.S. ambassador to Japan.

President Barack Obama chose the attorney and best-selling book editor for the diplomatic job. If confirmed, she would be the first woman in a post where many other prominent Americans have served to strengthen a vital Asian tie.

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Her testimony comes before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Her father, John F. Kennedy, served on the panel when he was a Massachusetts senator. He was elected president in 1960 and assassinated 50 years ago.

Caroline Kennedy helped propel Obama to the Democratic presidential nomination with her endorsement over Hillary Rodham Clinton — the only time she's endorsed a presidential candidate other than her uncle Ted Kennedy in 1980.